Martha Stewart Land

In fact, I think even someone of my craft-calliber (still using Elmer’s school glue) could make them.

Better Cards and Gardens

The Mecca of design-conscious homeowners everywhere, Better Homes and Gardens has a photo gallery of stunning baby announcements for you to glean ideas from.

These are little more complicated, but make a heart warming keepsake for your little girl when she’s older. It says these should only take an hour…but if that’s true I’ll eat my weight in scrapbooking paper. (I will deny typing that, so don’t email me.)

The “Handmade, But By Someone Else” Option

(4 – 6 points)

This option is for parents who love the idea of a handmade card, but don’t actually want to make one. (Be honest!!!)

So this is the part in the show where I introduce you to a Moocher’s paradise:Etsy.

Where crafty people go to sell neat stuff to those of us too unmotivated and untalented to make the stuff ourselves, but are perfectly happy taking the credit anyway.

Here are my two favorite baby announcement stores on Etsy. (Click on the photo to see their store.)

By Charmed Beginnings

By Stampin’ Crazy in Texas

The “Click and Forget About It” Option

(1 – 3 points)

This last option is my personal favorite. But mostly because I’m a super busy person who loves to check boxes off lists.

Tiny Prints is a busy mama’s hidden weapon. Here’s all the reasons I love using them for my cards and things.

They have a zillion trendy and stylish card designs ready for me to click and drag photos to.

I can add reminders and schedule cards to be sent ahead of time. (No more guilt trip for my parent’s anniversary!)

They can pull the addresses right from my contact list and print them right on the envelopes.

They will even STAMP THE SUCKERS FOR ME!

I pick out the design and photos (the fun part) and they handle the addressing and stamping and mailing (the work part).

Heather is the Chief Encouragement Officer here at MightyMoms.club and has been writing and encouraging parents online since 2007. She’s a Certified Gentle Sleep Coach, has been a featured parenting expert writer on blogs like DaveRamsey.com, SimpleKids.net, Cafe Mom, and others. If it’s 2am and you’re desperate to read SOMETHING, check out her deepest darkest secrets, including why she really shouldn’t be allowed to blog.

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